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US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

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China's Shenzhen a good place for innovation: Italian engineer

STORY: China's Shenzhen a good place for innovation: Italian engineer SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 5, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:06 LOCATION: SHENZHEN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shenzhen 2. SOUNDBITE (English): LEONARDO DE PALO, Italian engineer STORYLINE: Leonardo de Palo is an Italian engineer working in south China's Shenzhen. He said the megacity empowers his career of making robots. SOUNDBITE (English): LEONARDO DE PALO, Italian engineer "Everything you're thinking about technology, you'll find them in the same place. This happens only in Shenzhen. Because China gives all the things that I could not find in the rest of the world. China is really good. My name is Leonardo de Palo. I came from Italy. I'm an engineer and I worked for about 10 years for IBM, then a lot of other companies. I came here with my family in April 2012. I do this small robot. Just to transform this idea into a product. The proposal was very interesting because it doubled my salary. What I found in

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-CHINA NEWS

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Sichod Drolma (R) and her father and sister are pictured as they pasture on the grassland in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Nov. 15, 2023. Sichod Drolma is a student in Grade 8 at Damxung County Middle School. At school, Sichod Drolma and her 51 classmates are provided with Tibetan-Mandarin bilingual education. Xizang has made significant strides in education over the past few decades. Since 2012, students there have enjoyed free board and lodging, and they are exempt from study costs from preschool to senior high school, spanning a total of 15 years. (Photo by Tenzin Nyida/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Meng Keyou, who is about to graduate from a vocational school, posing for a photo in front of his home on Jan. 16, 2023 (above) and 10-year-old Meng Keyou sitting for a rest on a cliff on his way to school on Sept. 5, 2012 (below) in Nonglei Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-MOUNTAIN VILLAGE-CHILDREN-CHANGE (CN)

(230603) -- NANNING, June 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Meng Wenchao, who is a senior high school student, posing for a photo at home in front of a wall full of his certificates of merit on Jan. 26, 2023 (above) and 7-year-old Meng Wenchao (1st L) walking on his way home on Sept. 5, 2012 (below, photo taken by Xinhua photographer Huang Xiaobang) in Nonglei Village of Dahua Yao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Children in the photos witness changes in China mountain village" (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)

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Chinese Kung Fu gains popularity in Malawi

STORY: Chinese Kung Fu gains popularity in Malawi DATELINE: Jan. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:12 LOCATION: BLANTYRE, Malawi CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kung Fu practices at Blantyre youth center 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MEDDINGTON MSISKA, Senior member of Blantyre Youth Center Wushu Team 3. various of Kung Fu practices at Blantyre youth center 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chichewa): PROMISE SYMON, Trainee 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): EDGAR NTULUMBWA, Spokesperson, Malawi National Council Of Sports STORYLINE: After practicing Kung Fu for 10 years, Meddington Msiska, a member of the Wushu team at the Blantyre Sports Club, is now teaching his fellows various skills of Chinese martial arts. Msiska started learning Kung Fu in 2012 with the help of some Chinese trainers. He said he likes Kung Fu because of its beauty. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MEDDINGTON MSISKA, Senior member of Blantyre Youth Center Wushu Team "It is a beautiful sport and it is not just physical. I think it helps one's mind as well. My mind is sharp

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Iwakuma to play for Mariners

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2011, shows free agent right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma before leaving for the United States. The Seattle Mariners said Jan. 5, 2012, that they have signed a one-year contract with the 30-year-old Japanese pitcher.

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Lingerie shop worker in Saudi Arabia

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in April 2011 shows a male sales clerk working at a women's lingerie shop in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A law allowing only women to work in female lingerie and clothing shops took effect in the Islamic country on Jan. 5, 2012, according to Arab media reports.

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Harbin ice and snow festival

HARBIN, China - People visit the Harbin ice and snow festival as the annual event officially opened in the Heilongjiang provincial capital in northeastern China on Jan. 5, 2012.

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Tuna sells for 56.49 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - A cook shows customers meat from a 269-kilogram bluefin tuna at a sushi bar in Tokyo's Tsukiji area on Jan. 5, 2012, after its operator bought the fish earlier in the day for a record 56.49 million yen, or 210,000 yen per kilogram, at the first auction of the year at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market in Tsukiji.

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India's Tata Group chief, his successor at Auto Expo

NEW DELHI, India - Ratan Tata (far R), head of Indian conglomerate Tata Group and chairman of Tata Motors Ltd., and Cyrus Mistry (far L), who is set to succeed Tata in the posts in 2012, pose for group photos at Auto Expo 2012 in New Delhi on Jan. 5, 2012.

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Harbin ice and snow festival

HARBIN, China - Fireworks are set off as the Harbin ice and snow festival officially opened in the Heilongjiang provincial capital in northeastern China on Jan. 5, 2012.

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Nissan Evalia at India motor show

NEW DELHI, India - Nissan Motor Co. unveils the Evalia multipurpose vehicle at the Auto Expo 2012 in New Delhi on Jan. 5, 2012. 2nd from R is Shiro Nakamura, senior vice president and chief creative officer, design and brand management for Nissan.

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Tuna sells for 56.49 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - A 269-kilogram bluefin tuna is cut up at a sushi bar in Tokyo's Tsukiji area on Jan. 5, 2012, after its operator bought the fish earlier in the day for a record 56.49 million yen, or 210,000 yen per kilogram, at the first auction of the year at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market in Tsukiji.

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Ikenobo's New Year flower arranging ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Dressed in kimono, students of the Ikenobo school of Japanese flower arrangement participate in a New Year flower arranging ceremony and exhibition at the school's headquarters in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 5, 2012.

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira being tossed into the air by members of his team after winning the gold medal at the Munich Olympics in September 1972. The Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012, that Matsudaira died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011. He was 81.

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Darvish returns from Texas

NARITA, Japan - Japanese right-hander Yu Darvish arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2012. Darvish returned from a trip to Arlington, Texas, the home of the Texas Rangers who have secured the right to negotiate with him through the posting system.

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U.S. diplomat in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean foreign minister Kim Sung Hwan (L) and Kurt Campbell, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, shake hands before their meeting in Seoul on Jan. 5, 2012.

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Former volleyball coach Matsudaira dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 2001 shows former Japan men's national volleyball team head coach Yasutaka Matsudaira. Matsudaira, who steered the country to the gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics, died from a lung condition at a Tokyo hospital on Dec. 31, 2011, the Japan Volleyball Association said Jan. 5, 2012. He was 81.

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Report on U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - An employee of the Okinawa prefectural government checks the content of the environmental impact assessment report on the relocation of a U.S. Marine base within the prefecture at the government office in Naha on Jan. 5, 2012. Delivering the report to the prefectural government drew public attention late 2011 after protesters blocked the report's submission and the Defense Ministry managed to get it through by delivering it in the predawn hours of Dec. 28 when protesters were scarce.

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Ikenobo's New Year flower arranging ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Dressed in kimono, students of the Ikenobo school of Japanese flower arrangement participate in a New Year flower arranging ceremony and exhibition at the school's headquarters in Kyoto, western Japan, on Jan. 5, 2012.

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2 Taiwanese students killed in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an apartment building (C) in Tokyo's Taito Ward where two female Taiwanese language-school students were killed on Jan. 5, 2012. Lin Chih-ying, 22, and Chu Li-chieh, 24, were found bleeding with stab wounds in their apartment in the building rented as a dorm by the language school they attended. The cause of their death was apparently blood loss.

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Tuna auctioned off for record price at Tsukiji market

TOKYO, Japan - Kiyoshi Kimura, head of Kiyomura Co., operator of the Sushi-zanmai sushi restaurant chain, poses with a 269-kilogram bluefin tuna he bought for a record 56.49 million yen at the first auction of the year at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, commonly known as Tsukiji market, in Tokyo early in the morning on Jan. 5, 2012.

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Year's 1st tuna auction at Tsukiji market

TOKYO, Japan - Wholesale dealers and purchasers check the conditions of tuna ahead of the year's first auction at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market, commonly known as Tsukiji market, in Tokyo early in the morning on Jan. 5, 2012. A 269-kilogram bluefin tuna from Oma, Aomori Prefecture, was sold for 56.49 million yen, or 210,000 yen per kg, shattering the previous record of 32.49 million yen, or 95,000 yen per kg.

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Toyo Univ. leads after 1st day of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

HAKONE, Japan - Toyo University anchor Ryuji Kashiwabara cuts the tape in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 2, 2012, after pacing his team to a commanding lead of more than 5 minutes after the first day of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden relay race. Kashiwabara and his four teammates covered the 108-kilometer course from Tokyo's Otemachi district to the spa resort of Hakone in a record 5 hours, 24 minutes, 45 seconds.

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Toyo Univ. leads after 1st day of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

HAKONE, Japan - Toyo University anchor Ryuji Kashiwabara approaches the finishing line in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 2, 2012, the first day of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden relay race. Kashiwabara and his four teammates covered the 108-kilometer course from Tokyo's Otemachi district to the spa resort of Hakone in a record 5 hours, 24 minutes, 45 seconds, to take a commanding lead of more than 5 minutes at the halfway point.

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Toyo Univ. leads after 1st day of Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

HAKONE, Japan - (From L to R) Toshiyuki Sakai, Toyo University's ekiden team coach, and team members Hiroyuki Uno, Keita Shitara, Kenji Yamamoto and Ryuji Kashiwabara celebrate in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 2, 2012, after winning the first day of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay. Anchor Kashiwabara and his four teammates covered the 108-kilometer course from Tokyo's Otemachi district to the spa resort in a record 5 hours, 24 minutes, 45 seconds.

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Mt. Fuji chosen as Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from Tokyo's Minato Ward shows silhouetted Mt. Fuji in the background behind Tokyo Tower on Jan. 5, 2012. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO on June 22, 2013, decided to inscribe Mt. Fuji on the World Heritage List.

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Japan's oldest Asian elephant Hanako

TACHIKAWA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 5, 2012, shows Asian elephant Hanako at Inokashira Park Zoo in western Tokyo. An event to mark the 65th birthday of Hanako, the oldest elephant in Japan, was held the same day. Since her actual birthday is not known, the zoo regards her as older by a year on Jan. 1 every year.

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Snow-related deaths across Japan reach 51

IIYAMA, Japan - Children walk home from elementary school on a street flanked by walls of snow in Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan. 31, 2012. Fifty-one people had died in Japan in incidents related to heavy snow as of 5 p.m. the same day, mostly while engaged in attempts to remove it, government statistics showed.

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Snow-related deaths across Japan reach 51

IIYAMA, Japan - Children walk home from elementary school on a street flanked by walls of snow in Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan. 31, 2012. Fifty-one people had died in Japan in incidents related to heavy snow as of 5 p.m. the same day, mostly while engaged in attempts to remove it, government statistics showed.

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Snow-related deaths across Japan reach 51

IIYAMA, Japan - A worker removes snow around JR Iiyama Station in Iiyama, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan. 31, 2012. Fifty-one people had died in Japan in incidents related to heavy snow as of 5 p.m. the same day, mostly while engaged in attempts to remove it, government statistics showed.

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Annual Japan-U.S. bilateral exercise

ITAMI, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force Lt. Gen. Ryuichiro Arakawa (R), commander of the Middle Army headquarters, and U.S. Army Pacific Commander Lt. Gen. Francis Wiewcinski shake hands at the GSDF's Middle Army headquarters in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 30, 2012, during an annual bilateral exercise between the U.S. Army Pacific and Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force. The 2012 Yama Sakura 61, which primarily focuses on planning, coordination and interoperability of ground based elements of the Japan-U.S. security alliance, runs through Feb. 5, 2012.

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Annual Japan-U.S. bilateral exercise

ITAMI, Japan - A ceremony to officially open an annual bilateral exercise between the U.S. Army Pacific and Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force is conducted at the GSDF's Middle Army headquarters in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 30, 2012. The 2012 Yama Sakura 61, which primarily focuses on planning, coordination and interoperability of ground based elements of the Japan-U.S. security alliance, runs through Feb. 5, 2012.

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Antinuclear activists refuse to remove tents

TOKYO, Japan - Antinuclear activists gather in front of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (L back) in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2012. The activists rejected a call by the industry ministry to remove their tents from its precincts by 5 p.m. the same day, and continued a four-month-old occupation of ministry grounds to press their demand for the closure of all nuclear power plants in Japan.

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Antinuclear activists refuse to remove tents

TOKYO, Japan - Setsuko Kuroda (2nd from L), a resident of Fukushima Prefecture, speaks during a gathering of antinuclear activists in front of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Jan. 27, 2012. The activists rejected a call by the industry ministry to remove their tents from its precincts by 5 p.m. the same day, and continued a four-month-old occupation of ministry grounds to press their demand for the closure of all nuclear power plants in Japan.

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Sculptor Sotoo in Barcelona

BARCELONA, Spain - Photo shows Japanese sculptor Etsuro Sotoo, known for his works at the world-famous Sagrada Familia cathedral in Barcelona, Spain, inside the cathedral on Jan. 5, 2012.

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White starfish at Tottori aquarium

TOTTORI, Japan - A rare white starfish is displayed at Tottori Karo Crab Aquarium in Tottori, western Japan, on Jan. 5, 2012. It was discovered on the coast in the town of Daisen in Tottori Prefecture in November 2011.

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Rangers enter final day of negotiations with Darvish

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Nippon Ham Fighters right-hander Yu Darvish. On Jan. 18, 2012, the Texas Rangers entered the final day of their 30-day negotiating period with the Japanese ace, which expires at 5 p.m. EST that day, or 7 a.m. on Jan. 19 in Japan.

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17th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake in Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, the area hit hardest by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, observe a moment of silence to commemorate the victims of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 2012, the exact time the quake hit western Japan 17 years ago.

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17th anniv. of Great Hanshin quake in Japan

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - People observe a moment of silence in front of a clock which was stopped by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, in western Japan, at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 2012, the exact time the quake struck the area 17 years ago.

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Ceremony to drink tea from huge bowl

NARA, Japan - A girl attempts to drink green tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first ''Ochamori'' traditional tea ceremony at Saidaiji, a Buddhist temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2012. The bowls used in the ceremony, which dates back more than 750 years, measure around 40 centimeters in diameter and weigh more than 5 kilograms.

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2 years after major earthquake in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Photo taken on Jan. 5, 2012, shows the presidential palace of Haiti in Port-au-Prince, still unrepaired since it was damaged by a major earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010.

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Gymnastics world champ Uchimura to join Konami

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura, winner of the men's individual all-around title at two consecutive world championships. The 22-year-old will join Konami Sports & Life Co., the company announced Jan. 5, 2011, where he will have a new training environment to prepare for the 2012 London Olympic Games.

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White starfish at Tottori aquarium

TOTTORI, Japan - A rare white starfish is displayed at Tottori Karo Crab Aquarium in Tottori, western Japan, on Jan. 5, 2012. It was discovered on the coast in the town of Daisen in Tottori Prefecture in November 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japan's oldest Asian elephant Hanako

TACHIKAWA, Japan - Photo taken Feb. 5, 2012, shows Asian elephant Hanako at Inokashira Park Zoo in western Tokyo. An event to mark the 65th birthday of Hanako, the oldest elephant in Japan, was held the same day. Since her actual birthday is not known, the zoo regards her as older by a year on Jan. 1 every year. (Kyodo)

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2 Taiwanese students killed in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an apartment building (C) in Tokyo's Taito Ward where two female Taiwanese language-school students were killed on Jan. 5, 2012. Lin Chih-ying, 22, and Chu Li-chieh, 24, were found bleeding with stab wounds in their apartment in the building rented as a dorm by the language school they attended. The cause of their death was apparently blood loss. (Kyodo)

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Iwakuma to play for Mariners

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2011, shows free agent right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma before leaving for the United States. The Seattle Mariners said Jan. 5, 2012, that they have signed a one-year contract with the 30-year-old Japanese pitcher. (Kyodo)

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Tuna sells for 56.49 mil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - A 269-kilogram bluefin tuna is cut up at a sushi bar in Tokyo's Tsukiji area on Jan. 5, 2012, after its operator bought the fish earlier in the day for a record 56.49 million yen, or 210,000 yen per kilogram, at the first auction of the year at the Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market in Tsukiji. (Kyodo)

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India's Tata Group chief, his successor at Auto Expo

NEW DELHI, India - Ratan Tata (far R), head of Indian conglomerate Tata Group and chairman of Tata Motors Ltd., and Cyrus Mistry (far L), who is set to succeed Tata in the posts in 2012, pose for group photos at Auto Expo 2012 in New Delhi on Jan. 5, 2012. (Kyodo)